The California university said it plans to match the gift and is looking to raise another $50 million to construct a building.
UC San Diego has bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in public health but no building to house the programs.
“As a nation, we face unprecedented health challenges. Our university, committed to the greater good, is leading the charge toward understanding, preventing and eradicating threats to public health locally and globally,” said UCSD Chancellor Pradeep Khosla, PhD. “This philanthropic investment from the Wertheim family will help transform public health as we know it.”
This philanthropic investment from the Wertheim family will help transform public health as we know it.”
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